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Daredevil to Plunge From Extreme Altitude

Posted Tue Feb 7, 2012 12:58 PM ET | 0

Daredevil adventurer Felix Baumgartner's plans to plunge 23 miles from the edge of space back to Earth. Read more

Greasing The Jets With French Fry Oil

Posted by Irene Klotz Thu Feb 2, 2012 05:00 AM ET | 0

Airlines tank up passenger jets with used restaurant cooking oil in an effort to make travel a bit greener. Read more

Declassified US Spy Satellites Land in Ohio

Posted Mon Jan 30, 2012 09:15 AM ET | 0

The trio of Cold War-era satellites were among the most prolific U.S. spy systems between the 1960s and 1980s. Read more

Electronics In Flight? Absolutely

Posted Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:14 PM ET | 0

Pilots are increasingly using electronic gadgets in flight and there's little reason why passengers shouldn't. Read more

Enormous Aircraft Planned to Carry Passengers to Space

Posted by Irene Klotz Tue Dec 13, 2011 03:00 PM ET | 0

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen announces plans to build a massive space plane. Read more

Foldable Robot Scooter Wows at Tokyo Motor Show

Posted Fri Dec 2, 2011 11:49 AM ET | 0

Controlled by a smart phone, the Kobot is perfect for navigating city streets. Read more

Humanitarian Air Drop Snafus Get Crowd-Sourced

Posted by Eric Niiler Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:55 AM ET | 0

The Pentagon crowd-sources parachute problems in humanitarian food drops. Read more

Flying Over a Frozen Continent: Big Pic

Posted Sun Oct 23, 2011 07:33 PM ET | 0

The view from the window of NASA's DC-8 looks down on the sweeping expanse of Marie Byrd Land in West Antarctica as part of the 2011 Operation IceBridge survey. Read more

Ultra-Efficient Aircraft Wins NASA Prize

Posted Thu Oct 20, 2011 03:57 PM ET | 0

A Slovenia-based company has won the grand prize for energy-efficient aircraft design, with implications for Mars exploration. Read more

Props to the Moon: Big Pic

Posted Mon Oct 17, 2011 02:04 PM ET | 0

Photographer Adrian J. Scott captured this great image of a prop plane silhouetted against a waning gibbous moon. Read more

South Pole Stroke Victim Denied Evacuation

Posted by Eric Niiler Thu Oct 6, 2011 10:21 AM ET | 0

A manager at the station says she had stroke last month and needs medical help but officials say it's not an emergency. Read more

Predicting Irene

Posted Fri Aug 26, 2011 02:14 PM ET | 0

The 48-hour forecast of a hurricane’s track is as good as the 24-hour forecast was 10 years ago. Read more

Robot Planes Get Their Own Airport... in Wales

Posted by Eric Niiler Fri Aug 19, 2011 07:22 AM ET | 0

The Welsh government wants to attract aviation firms to test experimental drones to fight fires and count whales. Read more

How to Make Helicopters Stealthy

Posted by Jesse Emspak Wed Aug 17, 2011 09:44 AM ET | 0

The main challenge lies in making them quiet flyers. Read more

DARPA Launches and Loses Hypersonic Aircraft: Update

Posted Thu Aug 11, 2011 03:41 PM ET | 0

It travels 13,000 mph and would take 12 minutes to fly between New York and Los Angeles. Read more

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